RecurrencePattern.Interval property (Outlook)
Returns or sets a Long specifying the number of units of a given recurrence type between occurrences. Read/write.
Syntax
expression. Interval
expression A variable that represents a RecurrencePattern object.
Remarks
The Interval property must be set before setting PatternEndDate.
For example, setting the Interval property to 2 and the RecurrenceType property to olRecursWeekly would cause the pattern to occur every second week.
When RecurrenceType is set to olRecursYearNth or olRecursYear, the Interval property indicates the number of years between occurrences. For example, Interval equals 1 indicates the recurrence is every year, Interval equals 2 indicates the recurrence is every 2 years, and so on.
Example
This Visual Basic for Applications example uses GetRecurrencePattern to obtain the RecurrencePattern object for the newly-created AppointmentItem. The properties, RecurrenceType, DayOfWeekMask, PatternStartDate, Interval, PatternEndDate, and Subject are set, the appointment is saved and then displayed with the pattern: "Occurs every 3 week(s) on Monday effective 1/21/2003 until 12/21/2004 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM."
Sub CreateAppointment()
Dim myApptItem As AppointmentItem
Dim myRecurrPatt As RecurrencePattern
Set myApptItem = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
Set myRecurrPatt = myApptItem.GetRecurrencePattern
myRecurrPatt.RecurrenceType = olRecursWeekly
myRecurrPatt.DayOfWeekMask = olMonday
myRecurrPatt.PatternStartDate = #1/21/2003 2:00:00 PM#
myRecurrPatt.Interval = 3
myRecurrPatt.PatternEndDate = #12/21/2004 5:00:00 PM#
myApptItem.Subject = "Important Appointment"
myApptItem.Save
myApptItem.Display
Set myOlApp = Nothing
Set myApptItem = Nothing
Set myRecurrPatt = Nothing
End Sub
See also
How to: Create an Appointment as a Meeting on the Calendar
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